But what should those of a Wolves persuasion know about the high-flying Benfica manager?

HITC Sport has the lowdown...

He's worked in English football before...

As assistant to Carlos Carvalhal at both Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City. Lage, who never played professionally and has coached for more than half of his 42 years, previously worked alongside his compatriot in the United Arab Emirates.

He returned to Benfica last summer...

As manager of the Eagles' B-team. He had previously coached the Portuguese giants' youngsters, before his stints in the UAE and United Kingdom. After Rui Vitoria's departure at the start of January, it was Lage who got the call as interim boss.

And got off to a flying start as manager...

Winning his first two matches in temporary charge, landing the role until the end of the season initially. But after extending his unbeaten run to 11 games - 10 of which ended in victory - the now joint-leaders gave him a four-year contract.

He could have managed one of Wolves' local rivals...

Aston Villa, according to The Telegraph. The newspaper claimed that Villa wanted talks with the then Benfica B-team boss about succeeding Steve Bruce, only for Dean Smith to land the job shortly afterwards.